The Board finds that the RO should not have withheld attorney fees from past due monies owed to the Veteran in connection with the October 2008 rating decision because it did not receive a copy of the attorney fee agreement until March 4, 2009, more than 30 days after its execution.
The deciding factor: The Board's receipt of the new attorney fee agreement on October 29, 2007, cannot act as adequate notice under VA regulations and does not meet the requirement for withholding attorney fees from past due monies owed to the Veteran in connection with the October 2008 rating decision.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 27, 2012
- Citation
- 1233766
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